Professor Colette Browning
Professor, Healthcare
Campus
Biography
Distinguished Professor Colette Browning is an international leader in health psychology, and public health and ageing.
Dr Browning’s primary research areas are healthy ageing, chronic illness management in older people, mental health and ageing, and social determinants of health. Colette’s research expertise includes longitudinal and mixed methods, systematic review, program evaluation, and randomised controlled trials.
Colette contributes to the Medical Research Future Fund, National Health and Medical Research Council and Australia Research Council as an expert assessor. Her research publications include over 270 journal articles, book chapters and books. She is an experienced supervisor of over 40 higher degree by research students and has mentored a number of early career and mid-career fellows in her various research leadership roles.
Colette is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and holds Honorary professorial positions at Peking University, China and the Research School of Population Health at the Australian National University.
- Publications
Bridging the mental health gap: a cross-sectional study comparing the psychological distress and fear among migrants and non-migrants in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/09581596.2025.2607917
Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/hex.70175
Common Mental health issues among non-refugee migrants in Australia: a scoping review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s00127-025-02850-2
Grand challenge: addressing the global challenge of healthy aging
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1657102
Type 2 Diabetes and Lifestyle Discussions With Practice Nurses in Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review of Patient Experiences
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/nop2.70321
Lifestyle management of hypertension: International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003563
Editorial: Women in science: aging and public health 2022
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1226240
Transforming global approaches to chronic disease prevention and management across the lifespan: integrating genomics, behavior change, and digital health solutions
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1248254
Editorial: Economic and social factors affecting the health of older adults
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1323030
Economic and Social Factors Affecting the Health of Older Adults
- Book
- DOI reference: 10.3389/978-2-8325-3715-2
Being treated like an actual person: attitudinal accessibility on the bus
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/17450101.2022.2126794
Virtual Care Initiatives for Older Adults in Australia: Scoping Review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.2196/38081
Identifying Public Healthcare Priorities in Virtual Care for Older Adults: A Participatory Research Study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/ijerph20054015
The experience of structural burden for culturally and linguistically diverse family carers of people living with dementia in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/hsc.13853
The relationship between diabetes distress, medication taking, glycaemic control and self-management
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s11096-021-01322-2
Practice nurses' communication with people living with type 2 diabetes: A scoping review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.03.024
Boundary Crossers: How Providers Facilitate Ethnic Minority Families' Access to Dementia Services
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/geronb/gbab073
Use of medical services by older Australian women with dementia: a longitudinal cohort study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/1753-6405.13146
The inter-relationship of diversity principles for the enhanced participation of older people in their care: A qualitative study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12939-020-1124-x
Older women in australia: Facing the challenges of dual sensory loss
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/ijerph17010263
Self-assessed impact of oral health on the psychological well-being and depressive symptoms of older adults living in Melbourne
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/jphd.12363
Diversity training evaluation for community aged care: Tool development
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102796
Challenges of providing collaborative care for comorbid depression and hypertension in low resource settings in China
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S1041610220001465
Beyond crisis: Enacted sense-making among ethnic minority carers of people with dementia in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/1471301220975641
The Development of a Competency Assessment Standard for General Practitioners in China
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00023
Editorial: Chronic Illness and Ageing in China
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00104
Professor Hal Kendig's Legacy: A fierce advocate for the rights and contributions of older people
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/ajag.12704
Non-communicable Diseases and Cognitive Impairment: Pathways and Shared Behavioral Risk Factors Among Older Chinese
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00296
Factors associated with self-reported dental visits among older melbournians. The MELSHA study 2008 data collection(
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.17126/joralres.2019.041
Dual sensory loss, mental health and wellbeing of older adults living in China
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00092
Sensory loss in China: Prevalence, use of aids, and impacts on social participation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00005
Food, eating, and happy aging: The perceptions of older Chinese people
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00073
Cross-cultural conceptualizations of ageing in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1075/cogls.00021.hua
Perspectives on the training of chinese primary health care physicians to reduce chronic illnesses and their burden
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00168
'One size does notfit all': Perspectives on diversity in community aged care
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/ajag.12534
Effect of a health coach intervention for the management of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in China: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00252
Trajectories of ageing well among older Australians: A 16-year longitudinal study(
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S0144686X17000162
Design of an evidence-based diversity workshop to support participation of older people in their community care
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/03601277.2018.1486073
HOspitals and patients WoRking in Unity (HOW R U?): Telephone peer support to improve older patients' quality of life after emergency department discharge in Melbourne, Australia - A multicentre prospective feasibility study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020321
Premature deaths of nursing home residents: An epidemiological analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5694/mja17.00642
General practice utilisation of Medicare Benefits Schedule items to support the care of older patients: Findings from the REDIRECT study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/PY17047
Emergency demand, repeat and frequent presentations by older patients in metropolitan melbourne: A retrospective cohort study using routinely collected hospital data
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/1742-6723.12923
Emergency department utilisation by older people in metropolitan Melbourne, 2008-12: Findings from the Reducing Older Patient's Avoidable Presentations for Emergency Care Treatment (REDIRECT) study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH16191
Challenges and opportunities for an ageing Australia.
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6_1
Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Health Ageing (MELSHA)
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_362-1
Healthy Aging
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_323-1
Burden of Disease and Aging
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_332-1
Gambling and family: A two-way relationship
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.082
Diversity training for the community aged care workers: A conceptual framework for evaluation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.03.007
Preferences and Predictors of Aging in Place: Longitudinal Evidence from Melbourne, Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/02763893.2017.1280582
Diversity training for community aged care workers: An interdisciplinary meta-narrative review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/03601277.2017.1299501
Living well with chronic disease for those older adults living in the community
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S1041610216002398
Cognitive distortions among older adult gamblers in an Asian context
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178036
Responsible gambling among older adults: A qualitative exploration
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12888-017-1282-6
Time to question diabetes self-management support for Arabic-speaking migrants: exploring a new model of care
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/dme.13286
Exercise interventions for the improvement of falls-related outcomes among older adults with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analyses
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.09.015
Ageing in Australia - Challenges and Opportunities
- Book
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6
Primary Health Care and Older People
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6_13
Health, social and lifestyle factors in entry to residential aged care: An Australian longitudinal analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/ageing/afq016
Cohort profile: The dynamic analyses to optimize ageing (DYNOPTA) project(
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/ije/dyn276
HOspitals and patients WoRking in Unity (HOW R U?): Protocol for a prospective feasibility study of telephone peer support to improve older patients' quality of life after emergency department discharge
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013179
After-hours medical deputising services: Patterns of use by older people
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5694/mja16.00218
Predictors of outcomes of psychological treatments for disordered gambling: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.06.004
Social inclusion and the Fatosphere: the role of an online weblogging community in fostering social inclusion
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/1467-9566.12397
Patterns of social engagement in the transition to later life
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.03.016
The rhetoric and reality of nursing in aged care: views from the inside
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/10376178.2016.1221326
'I feel very happy that I can contribute to society': Exploring the value of the project for older people
Barriers and enablers to the delivery of psychological care in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in China: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12913-016-1358-x
Management of type 2 diabetes in China: The Happy Life Club, a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial using health coaches
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009319
Examining the 16-year trajectories of mental health and wellbeing through the transition into widowhood
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S1041610215000472
The health and service needs of older veterans: A qualitative analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/hex.12190
The PROblem Gambling RESearch Study (PROGRESS) research protocol: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of psychological interventions for problem gambling
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009385
Psychological interventions for the management of glycemic and psychological outcomes of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China: A systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00252
Effectiveness of personalized feedback alone or combined with peer support to improve physical activity in sedentary older Malays with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00178
The Reporting of MEdication use in Observational studies (ROMEO) statement
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s00228-015-1851-x
Culture and age influences upon gambling and problem gambling
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.abrep.2015.04.004
Examination of the association between mental health, morbidity, and mortality in late life: Findings from longitudinal community surveys
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S1041610214002051
Implementing chronic disease self-management approaches in Australia and the United Kingdom
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00162
Implementing a chronic disease self-management program into China: The Happy Life Club
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00181
Predictors of injurious falls and fear of falling differ: An 11-year longitudinal study of incident events in older people
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/0898264314546716
Performance of screening tools in detecting major depressive disorder among patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.12659/MSM.892537
Prevalence and determinants of gambling disorder among older adults: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.007
Dual sensory loss in older adults: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/geront/gnv074
Civic Socialising: A revealing new theory about older people's social relationships
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S0144686X13001049
Barriers and enablers to healthcare access and use among Arabic-speaking and Caucasian English-speaking patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative comparative study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008687
Wellbeing and its improvability as a national goal
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.22459/PAAF.11.2016_ch10
Social research and actions on ageing well
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.22459/PAAF.11.2016
Health, lifestyle, and gender influences on aging well: An Australian longitudinal analysis to guide health promotion
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00070
Therapeutic effects of motivational interviewing on blood pressure control: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.051
Understanding diagnosis and management of dementia and guideline implementation in general practice: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-31
Mental health and dual sensory loss in older adults: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00083
Prevalence of depression in coronary heart disease in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20140036
Prevalence of physical activity behaviour in older people: Findings from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project and Australian national survey data
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00648.x
Interventions to promote physical activity in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00071
Gender differences in the trajectories of late-life depressive symptomology and probable depression in the years prior to death(
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S1041610213001099
Trajectories of older adults' hearing difficulties: Examining the influence of health behaviors and social activity over 10 years
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/ggi.12030
Older adults' spirituality and life satisfaction: A longitudinal test of social support and sense of coherence as mediating mechanisms
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S0144686X12000633
Evidence-based care of older people with suspected cognitive impairment in general practice: Protocol for the IRIS cluster randomised trial
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-91
Promoting physical activity in sedentary elderly Malays with type 2 diabetes: A protocol for randomised controlled trial
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002119
Intergenerational and intercultural encounters: Connecting students and older people through language learning
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/15350770.2012.646536
A simple measure with complex determinants: Investigation of the correlates of self-rated health in older men and women from three continents
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-649
'We want a peaceful life here and hereafter': Healthy ageing perspectives of older Malays in Malaysia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1017/S0144686X11000316
Evaluating a dichotomized measure of self-reported hearing loss against gold standard audiometry: Prevalence estimates and age bias in a pooled national data set
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/0898264311425088
The experience of ageing: Influences on mental health and well-being
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4324/9780203015414
Understanding ageing in older Australians: The contribution of the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project to the evidence base and policy
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00533.x
General practice and preventive health care: A view through the eyes of community members
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03275.x
Urinary incontinence in a community sample of older adults: Prevalence and impact on quality of life
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3109/09638288.2010.532284
Bridging the gap in ageing: Translating policies into practice in Malaysian primary care
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1447-056X-10-2
Cardiovascular disease and death associated with depression and antidepressants in the Melbourne longitudinal studies on healthy ageing (MELSHA)
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/gps.2532
The Happy Life Clubâ„¢ study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a type 2 diabetes health coach intervention
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-90
Age-based testing for driver's license renewal: Potential implications for older Australians
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03241.x
To continue, modify or relinquish driving: Findings from a longitudinal study of healthy ageing
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1159/000111489
The ‘physical-mental’ treatment of cardiovascular disease co-morbid with mental disorders
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.15212/FMCH.2013.0315
Challenges in the provision of community aged care in China
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.15212/FMCH.2013.0206
Motivational interviewing and its application in the management of coronary heart disease
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.15212/FMCH.2013.0309
The changing responses to weight-related stigma in online social media
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.orcp.2013.12.520
Body mass index and unintentional weight change associated with all-cause mortality in older Australians: The Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA)
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/ageing/afq073
Cohort profile: The Melbourne longitudinal studies on healthy ageing program
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/ije/dyq137
Diabetes incidence associated with depression and antidepressants in the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA)
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/gps.2409
Factors affecting walking activity of older people from culturally diverse groups: An Australian experience
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.07.002
Self-reported medication side effects in an older cohort living independently in the community - The Melbourne Longitudinal Study on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA): Cross-sectional analysis of prevalence and risk factors
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-37
A social view on healthy ageing: Multi-disciplinary perspectives and Australian evidence
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4135/9781446200933.n35